COP21

Article reposted from Buzzfeed. If the sight of #COP21 makes you giddy, queasy, or want to go throw confetti onto perfect strangers in the street, you may be gearing up for the United Nations Climate Conference this December in Paris, where the world’s nations will attempt to sign an international…

The climate movement aims to create a political culture in which climate action is a matter of political necessity. This kind of true political change is a bottom-up process. It starts at the local level, evolves to the national level, and bursts forth onto the international stage. The upcoming 21st…

Four years ago, I spent an intense two weeks rounding up Missouri students to make the trek to DC to oppose the KeystoneXL pipeline. We bused across the country to circle the White House to demand that Obama reject the pipeline. Today, the journey is finally complete. We WON! KXL…

Tomorrow I run my second marathon. On the eve of the race, I spent some time reflecting on the similarities of running and the journey of the climate movement. I see deep connections between the perseverance needed to run marathons and the hard work needed for climate justice. We have a very challenging training regiment ahead of us….

This piece is cross-posted from WeArePowerShift. I’m not one to talk about the science of climate change. I assume that at this point everyone has decided to lean into the reality of climate science – or has chosen to disengage and hope that things get better on their own. But…